Have people always told you that you were funny? Are you painfully shy and dying for a way to be more outgoing? Are you chock full of stress and trauma and looking for an outlet? Stand-up comedy provides you with a ton of tools for managing your discomfort, speaking your truth, and standing up for yourself. Sharing your innermost thoughts in front of strangers can be the scariest thing you can do, so why not conquer it with this class? Sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library.
This is the second of a five-program series that will be held on April 13, 20, 27, May 4, and 11. Each program date has its own event page. Please register individually for all of the dates you are able to attend. Students are encouraged to attend all classes but anyone can participate. Performance preference will go to students who attend each class.
Christian Cintron is a jack-of-all-trades, master of fun. He is a writer, comedian, actor, and spiritualist. He created Stand Up 4 Your Power, a class that uses stand-up comedy as a tool to help students with personal empowerment and trauma healing. It uses the tools of stand-up comedy writing and performance and extends into the areas of intersectionality, negotiating conflict, and energy management. Christian teaches stand-up comedy at LA City College’s Rodney Dangerfield Institute which is committed to making comedy education accessible. His writing appeared in Backstage, Hollywood.com, Queerty, The Authentic Gay, and Ranker, to name a few. Christian is a graduate of Vassar College, The Second City: Hollywood, and iO West.
Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.
This event is held in person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. Please see the Guidelines for Attendees during the registration process for more information.